ML19038A057

Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) - Request for Exemption from Certain Requirements of 10 CFR 72.212 and 10 CFR 72.214

ML19038A057
Person / Time
Site:	Maine Yankee, 07201015
Issue date:	01/29/2019
From:	Dostie P State of MN, Dept of Health
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
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Janet T. Mills Maine Department of Health and Human Services Governor Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 11 State House Station Jeanne M. Lambrew, Ph.D. 286 Water Street Acti~g Commissioner Augusta, Maine 04333-0011 Tel; (207) 287-8016; Fax (207) 287-9058 TTY: Dial 711 (Maine Relay)

January 29, 2019 ATTN: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001

Subject:

Maine Yankee Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI)

NRC License No. DPR-36 (NRC Docket No. 50-309) 1 .z_-1 D 15 Maine Yankee's Request for Exemption from Certain Requirements of 10 CFR 72.212 and 10 CFR 72.214 for Maine Yankee's ISFSI

Dear NRC staff:

As per a letter dated January 21, 2019, Maine Yankee requested an exemption from the NRC to its Amendment No. 5 Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1015 for its 60 NAC-UMS canisters to adopt a recently issued NRC Amendment No. 6 to the CoC No. 1015 for the NAC-UMS Systein. However, the request is predicated on the NRC maintaining Maine Yankee's fout'previously approved exemptions to its Amendment No. 5 CoC No. 1015.

According to the Federal Register Notice, Volume 83, No. 204, Amendment 6 revises the CoC's Technical Specifications by eliminating a redundant requirement for an inspection of the concrete cask and canister, clarifying that the Limiting Condition of Operation (LCO) is for an inoperable concrete heat removal system, removing an inspection requirement that is already covered under a surveillance requirement, explaining that immediate restoration of a concrete cask's heat removal capabilities means within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> or less, and the surface dose rate limits apply only to a loaded cask prior to being stored on the ISFSI pad.

After reviewing each of the changes and noting that there were no increased radiological consequences or risks in public health and safety above and beyond what has already been analyzed and approved, the State has no objections to the exemption request as it sees Maine Yankee's request as an administrative change to maintain consistency with the canister manufacturer's Certificate of Compliance. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 207-287-6721 or via e-mail at pat.dostie@maine.gov.

cc: Mr. J. Stanley Brown, Maine Yankee .ISFSI Manager _

Mr. Jay Hyland, P .E., Maine Radiation Control Program Manager